Tamara Oelkers
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Street, *F
Astoria, NY 11105
646-***-**** – *********@*******.***
Position wanted
Bookkeeper, Admin. Assistant, Manager, Editor/Copywriter, Front Desk/Reception, Typist, Data Entry, Mail Room
Skills
Typing 85 wpm; 10 Key Calculator
General use of printers, copiers, fax machines
Excellent phone voice; High Level of Confidentiality Software Knowledge
MS Word, Publisher, & Excel; Artwork Inventory/Client Contact database Quickbooks – 3 years employed, 10 in my own business AOL/Outlook/Gmail/Hotmail/Live email systems
Limited Photoshop, Power Point, PDF
Work History
Present -- Robert Half Legal Temp
Office Assistant/typist temporary positions.
January, 2009 to Present -- Publishing my own novels on Amazon, currently up to 26 volumes available. Concept to finished document, including filing for copyright with the Library of Congress. Understanding and using Amazon’s KDP system and Create Space on demand print service. Extensive editing and proofreading. Preparing and filing yearly taxes as two sole-proprietors (husband was an actor) with complex investments; all banking and record keeping, maintaining my own website with shopping cart.
September, 2010 – October, 2015 – Medieval Festival, Fort Tryon Park, NYC – Atmosphere actor Costumed actor one day each year. Actually cost us more to do it than we were paid, but we were paid. February, 2004 to March, 2014 – Sole-Proprietor designing, building, and selling one of a kind leather crafts and jewelry; made and sold many hundreds of pieces that shipped to several countries. Lingerie Broker. Ran an Ebay store with over 400 listings. Used Quickbooks to track COGS and expenses. October, 2000- February, 2004 -- Jane Kahan Gallery, NYC – Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper; Quickbooks; database management; data entry; inventory; accounts payable and receivable; shipping valuable artwork to clients and shows; payroll; supply ordering; maintained a triple-redundancy inventory system consisting of computer data base, cards, and hard copy book. October, 1996 – February, 2000 -- Media Play, Pontiac, MI. (out of business) Inventory control, sales & merchandising, cashier, daily/weekly shipment processing Book Lead – lateral move. Supervised staff, maintained entire department, including the setting of weekly ads
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Work History Continued
October, 1992 – October, 1996 -- Universal Security, Toledo, OH – Undercover Store Detective Loss Prevention in a grocery/pharmacy retail chain (350 busts in 3 years) April, 1990 – September, 1992 – Hot ‘n’ Now, Toledo, OH – Assistant Manager All things involved in running a fast food burger joint. Received the only 100% from a Mystery Shopper that the store ever received.
Education
Sr. Data Accounting/Business block, Morrison R. Waite High School, Toledo, OH Graduated June 17, 1987, 13th in my class of 323
Stautzenberger College, Sept, 1989 to March, 1991 -- One class (Finance) shy of obtaining my Associate’s Degree in Small Business Management. My work experience since then has more than compensated for the missing class.
Hobbies
Crochet (have given away piles of blankets and things to Ronald McDonald House, residents of a retirement home, and animal rescue shelters), cross-stitch, quilting; attending various crafting classes, visiting museums and zoos.